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So you think you know Beatrix Potter?
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Beatrix Pott
Birthday
This year we’re celebrating what would have
been the 150th birthday of this fascinating
author, illustrator, businesswoman and farmer.
She left an amazing legacy in her beloved
Lake District. Make your own discoveries
by visiting some of the places that inspired
her and you’ll begin to understand her love
for the Lakes.
Discover
Beatrix
#thanksBeatrix #Beatrix150
Start your journey of discovery
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Cockermouth
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Workington
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Keswick
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Whitehaven
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Grasmere
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Ambleside
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Hawkshead
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Hill Top
Beatrix Potter Gallery
Wray Castle
The World of Beatrix Potter
The Old Laundry Theatre
Wordsworth House & Garden
Allan Bank
Lindeth Howe
Derwent Water
Lingholm
Belmount Hall
The Armitt Museum
Yew Tree Farm
Mountain Goat Tours
Windermere Lake Cruises
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
Dalegarth for Boot Station
Sawrey House Hotel
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Walk the lakeshore where cheeky squirrel ‘Nutkin’
threw acorns at Beatrix. Climb Cat Bells where
Lucie tracked Mrs Tiggi-winkle, and visit the island
that was the home of Old Brown, the fierce owl
with a taste for mischeivous squirrels.
Beatrix spent nine summers sketching the
landscape of Derwent Water.You can walk
in her footsteps and visit Brandelhow, St Herbert’s
Island and Cat Bells. They’re all free to visit, so
come and be inspired.
Grangeover-Sands
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Two great ways to explore, are by Boat and ‘Goat’.
Sit back and enjoy the views she loved, on an iconic
steamer, traditional launch on Windermere, or from
one of the many Mountain Goat minibus tours.
www.mountain-goat.co.uk
www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk
Try the short boat ride from bustling Bowness
to Ferry House, where you can connect up
to Hill Top by Goat or a 20 minute walk.
Plan your whole visit on Go Lakes.co.uk
www.golakes.co.uk
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/borrowdale
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Squirrel Nutkin - © Frederick Warne & Co, 1903, 2002
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Hill Top
The Armitt Library & Museum
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Hill Top was Beatrix Potter’s most beloved place… her spiritual
home and where she found inspiration for some of her most iconic
tales. What better year to visit than in 2016… this year you can take
a unique showcase tour of Hill Top, join a birthday picnic or let the
real Mr McGregor show you around the pretty country garden.
The 7 July also marks 70 years since the National Trust opened
Hill Top to visitors, so there’s double celebrations that month!
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Beatrix Potter was a member
of the Armitt almost from its
founding in 1912. A major
benefactor she donated her
books, paintings, and personal
first edition copies of the
little books. On her death in
1943 she also bequeathed her
portfolios of over 450 exquisite
botanical drawings and
watercolours. No other
collection, private or public,
holds anything comparable in
quality or numbers. The Armitt
is proud to be the custodian of
her scientific legacy.
Beatrix Potter Gallery
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This year’s exhibition ‘Realism and Romance’ explores Beatrix’s
love of nature and her lifelong inspiration from the natural world.
Highlights of the exhibition includes original illustrations from
‘The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck’ and ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’;
some of Beatrix’s sketchbooks and excerpts from her coded journal.
Book onto a special Curator Tour for a closer look.
Our exhibition ‘Beatrix Potter: Image and Reality’ draws
together many fascinating items from our extensive archive
to explore the life and legacy of this remarkable woman.
www.armitt.com
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hill-top
The World of Beatrix Potter
Wray Castle
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Wray Castle was the first place
Beatrix Potter stayed in the
Lake District, when she was
just sixteen. It was here she
discovered the Lakes countryside
and crucially where she met
Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley,
her life-long mentor and friend.
Today the castle is the perfect
place for family fun indoors
and out. Special guided tours
uncover the hidden mysteries
of the landscaped grounds and
the picturesque tradition the
Lake District is so famous for.
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The World of Beatrix Potter is a vibrant family attraction in
Bowness-on-Windermere. Visitors can explore the enchanting
world that Beatrix Potter created in her books as all 23 of the
famous stories are brought to life, recreating the beautiful Lake
District countryside complete with sights, sounds and smells. This summer visitors can also see the new stage show,
‘Where is Peter Rabbit?’ in The Old Laundry Theatre.
Inspired by the stories, this Beatrix Potter musical adventure
brings to life favourite characters in a not to be missed visual
spectacular. Why not book a special ticket package including
breakfast or afternoon tea with Peter Rabbit himself!
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wray-castle
Allan Bank
Make yourself comfortable in
the former home of National Trust
co-founder Canon Rawnsley.
This year we’re looking beyond
Beatrix Potter’s work as a
children’s author and exploring
the inspiration she took from her
enduring friendship with Rawnsley. Discover how his views on
preserving the natural beauty of Lake District had a lasting effect
on Potter, inspiring her to go on and preserve special places in
Lakes from being irreparably ruined by development.
www.hop-skip-jump.com
The Old Laundry Theatre
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www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk
Lindeth Howe
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Lindeth Howe was built as a
summer holiday home for a
wealthy mill owner in 1879 in
a 28 acre estate commanding fine
views over Lake Windermere. Yew Tree Farm
www.lindeth-howe.co.uk
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Enjoy a seven mile steam railway journey from the coast to the
mountains on-board Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. This award
winning narrow gauge heritage railway traverses the coastal
estuaries, through ancient woodlands to the foothills of England’s
highest mountains, the Scafells (3,209ft). Keep an eye out for
Herdwick, an iconic Lakeland breed and a favourite of Beatrix.
At Dalegarth for Boot station, there is a National Trust Beatrix
Potter exhibition in the lower floor of the café for visitors to
enjoy, with information about this famous breed and discover the
story of Beatrix Potter’s only working farm in Eskdale, Penny Hill.
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Belmount Hall is a fine
Georgian House in the
Lake District with superb
views of Esthwaite Water,
with Gummers How in
the far distance and the
Troutbeck Valley.
Beatrix Potter and her
husband acquired the Belmount estate in 1938 from her friend
Rebekah Owen. The house has been brought up to modern
standards with displays of antique furniture. We are offering
upmarket packages to include a champagne and canapé
reception on arrival, accommodation with breakfast and dinner,
private visits to some of the properties connected with Beatrix
Potter and a presentation on her history and connection with
Belmount Hall. www.belmounthall.com
Beatrix Potter at Lingholm
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Come and have a look around
Yew Tree Farm cottage, which
Beatrix Potter owned; and have
a look around at some of her
furnishings and letters.
Beatrix was a champion of the
Herdwick sheep breed a tradition
we continue today. There are
demonstrations and cooking tips
and a tasty hogget BBQ. Guided
farm tours offer a chance to find
out more, and of course join in
with the feeding of the
Herdwick lambs.
Our beautiful barn will host
professional artists Jo McGrath,
David Sims, Sally Bamber and
Jo McGrath
Tina Balmer in an exhibition
exploring ‘Herdwicks and their Yew Tree landscape’.
There’ll be themed gifts, homeware and accessories and of
course our Herdwick meat for sale. Every day from 2-10 July.
Light refreshments by Jumping Jenny.
Open Day dates for the Farm: 2 and 9 July.
www.yewtree-farm.com
Sawrey House
Sawrey House is set in the
picturesque hamlet of Near Sawrey,
the once home of Beatrix Potter.
Sawrey House is found next door
to Hill Top and is an ideal place to
start your Beatrix Potter journey. Stay in comfortable and relaxing
bedrooms and dine with delicious
local food on our lunchtime
and evening menus. Be inspired
by the stunning views that
Beatrix loved.
www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk
Belmount Hall
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/allan-bank-and-grasmere
The mill owner rented the house
out to friends for holidays, amongst
them was the Potter family. From 1902 to 1913, Beatrix Potter
wrote her famous children’s stories and for two of these stories,
Timmy Tiptoes and Pigling Bland, she illustrated them whilst
staying at Lindeth Howe. We have copies of some correspondence
from this period. We also have some original photographic plates
of pictures & prints of the house taken by her father.
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
and Dalegarth for Boot Station
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www.nationaltrust.org.uk/beatrix-potter-gallery-andhawkshead
www.sawreyhouse.com
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The Lingholm Estate centres around a magnificent Victorian
mansion on the western shore of Derwentwater and was a Lakeland
holiday home of the Potter family who rented the house for many
holidays between 1885 and 1907. During her time there, Beatrix sketched and painted the grounds,
woods and animal life, and most famously; wrote Squirrel Nutkin
here. She also credited the Lingholm Kitchen garden as her original
inspiration for Mr McGregor’s Garden in ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’.
In June 2016 we will open a new café, and walled garden reinstated
on the site of the old kitchen gardens. Entry is free and allows
public access onto the estate for the first time in many years.
We also operate holiday lets and private weddings.
www.thelingholmestate.co.uk
Wordsworth House & Garden
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Two Bad Mice: Mischief in Beatrix Potter’s Tales: a major
exhibition of original illustrations
showing until the end of June.
Beatrix Potter and a Love of
the Northern Lakes runs from
Saturday 16 July to Sunday
30 October. Original photographs
and drawings tell the story of
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
Beatrix’s love of this beautiful
© Frederick Warne & Co, 1904, 2002
landscape. Find out about the places
Reproduced by kind permission
of Ferderick Warne & Co.
that inspired the tales of Squirrel Nutkin,
Mrs Tiggy-winkle, Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit.
Admission to both exhibitions is included with your ticket
to the house and garden.
On Wednesdays and Saturdays in term time, talks by the costumed
servants reveal how William and Beatrix’s early life in the Lakes
helped turn them into world-famous literary figures.
Budding artists can join our artist-in-residence for a friendly art
class sketching the sort of domestic and garden objects that inspired
Beatrix. Classes run from May to October, lunch included. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wordsworth-house